Hyperthreading
Hyperthreading is a BIOS level setting. Hyperthreading technology enables multithreaded software applications to execute threads in parallel. To improve performance in the past, threading was enabled in the software by splitting instructions into multiple streams so that multiple processors could act on them.
Hyperthreading technology is a form of simultaneous multithreading technology where multiple threads of software applications can be run concurrently on one processor. This technology essentially fools the operating system into thinking it's hooked up to two processors, allowing two threads to be run in parallel, both on separate “logical” processors within the same physical processor. The operating system sees double through ...
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